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"What kind of meeting is this? So noisy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info: "Yingyu didn't wait for the meeting to finish before she asked Shangwen to take her out of here.

"Hehe, I guess you heard it too." Shang Wen said.

"The Qin State is developing the Western Regions, a Great Wan Kingdom in the Western Regions. There may be large quantities of coal, gold, copper, manganese, and chrome in the country. Shang Wen said to Yingyu.

"There is another thing, which is cotton, but it still takes a long time for this cash crop to mature, and it will take time for the industry to accept this cash crop. Because of the time factor. Shang Wen said to Yingyu at this time.

"It didn't go very well." Shang Wen said to Yingyu.

"Hmm. I understand. Yingyu had actually understood what the meeting meant. But she wanted to know exactly what Shang Wen was thinking.

"I want to ask." At this time, Yingyu looked at Shang Wen and asked.

"What?" Shangwen asked.

"How can you be sure that there will be coal, gold, copper, manganese, and chromium in the territory of Dawan. I know that chrome ore is the metal that makes the guns in the district, and just selling it is enough for us to make money. Yingyu asked.

"Hmm. This place is definitely rich in resources, as for where, I don't know, but I know one thing for sure. Shang Wen said.

"What?" Yingyu asked.

"Coal is absolutely indispensable. There is more open-pit coal there than in the north. Shang Wen said.

"If you develop the steel industry there, I think it's very sufficient. Qin's demand for the Western Regions will definitely not be less. Shang Wen said at this time.

"Hmm. I understand. Where do you want our bank to enter? If you take out a loan and invest at the same time, you will have an absolute advantage if you develop it as soon as possible. Yingyu said.

"Yes." Shang Wen nodded.

"That's what I mean. You happen to be in the steel business, so I suggest that you should enter the Dawan country in advance, or directly enter the territory of the Dawan country along the railway, where the development of resources far exceeds the development opportunities of the countries of the six countries. Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. I'll pay attention to that, but I still hope that you can solve the steel problem for me as soon as possible. Yingyu said to Shang Wen with a smile.

"Hmm." Shang Wen nodded.

"Okay, I'll fix this as soon as possible." Shang Wen nodded and said. Then Yingyu smiled and left. And Shangwen has to solve this problem.

Handan, Zhao State, thirty miles west of the city.

"These are all stamping equipment that has just been introduced from the Qin State. With these devices, it will be much easier for our factory to manufacture grenades. Zhao De, director of the Handan Arsenal of Zhao Guo, introduced.

"Hmm." Li Mu just nodded.

"The machinery and equipment of the people of the Qin State must be thoroughly understood, this time, it is the equipment provided by the Wenyang Arsenal of the Qin State, although we have very few shares in our hands. Most of them are processed by the Qin people, and the management is our people, but you must learn well. Master the processing technology of the Qin people. Li Mu entrusted.

"Yes, Prime Minister." Zhao De nodded and said.

This Handan Arsenal of Zhao State was a joint venture of the Wenyang Arsenal of Qin State. The Wenyang Arsenal occupies the majority of the shares, and the arms purchase order signed with the Yan State is also handled by this arsenal, because it is relatively close to the Yan Kingdom, and there are a large number of iron ingots for them to use, and the cheap labor cost is also an important consideration. This will greatly reduce the cost of grenades and mines produced by the Wenyang Arsenal.

Since the tempered glass infringement incident dealt with by Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo has obtained a series of technical patents, for example, Zhao Guo Handan has become, and there are several cement processing plants and glass processing factories at once, and the glass produced by Zhao Guo can also meet some special needs, such as Zhao Guo can produce cheap glass lenses, which can produce cheap telescopes on a large scale. Sales have generated quite a bit.

In addition, some glass factories have also started to produce glass jars. These glass jars were transported to the nearby mountains, where the Qin and Zhao people jointly established a number of canning factories. And these are all the huge concessions made by Zhao Guo in terms of patented technology.

If Zhao insisted on his glass technology patents, the Qin people would see that their technology patents could not be guaranteed, so they would hesitate to carry out large-scale new investment and construction, and similarly, the technology would not be able to come to Zhao, but after dealing with the technology patents, the Qin people saw Zhao Guoren's determination to protect the technology patents, and this determination attracted more Qin technology manufacturers to come to Qin to set up joint ventures. The number of factories has increased.

Li Mu personally visited the grenade manufacturing workshop of the Handan Arsenal. At present, there are two workshops in the grenade manufacturing workshop, one is under construction, and a small part of the workshop is started, they use the stamping machine tools of the Qin State, as well as the cutting machine tools to make some simple grenade parts. In addition, there is an iron bead, iron wire production line. Such a line meets some simple military needs.

In the other workshop, the number of people in production and the processing equipment are relatively simple, and the production here are all the original handicraftsmen of Zhao Guo, who use the hammer in their hands and other simple tools to produce grenades, and the grenades produced are obviously imitations. The quality produced is very untidy, good, it can surpass the grenades produced by the Qin people's machine, but the quantity is small, and the poor ones can be seen at a glance, because some grenades are picked up, revealing the black powder inside.

"The quality is so poor." Li Mu was a little unhappy and said to Zhao De with a very crudely made grenade.

"This." Zhao De didn't know how to explain it.

"You're going to have to change that quality. Our soldiers cannot fight the enemy with such weapons. Li Mu said solemnly.

"This. There is no way around it. Zhao De said with some embarrassment at this time.

"There's no way, oh, let me ask you, why were the people of the Qin State able to make such a good grenade, why can't you make it?" Li Mu asked solemnly.

"This." Zhao De swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Prime Minister, it's like this, our personnel are untrained, and we are also here to catch up with the work. So. Zhao De could only find a reason that was not a reason.

"None of this is a reason, in fact, I think it's all your reasons." Li Mu said angrily.

"Which of you is the director of the factory here, get out of here. Who's the director, get out. Hurry up and get out of here. "That's when the soldier appeared in the workshop.

"Which of you is the factory director, stand up for Lao Tzu. Don't let Lao Tzu kill him. The soldier shouted angrily as he brandished his pistol.

Hearing the soldier's shouting, the factory next to him stopped what he was doing and looked at the soldier. And Director Zhao De was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

"Prime Minister, this is a heavy place for arms, and once it goes off, it will cause very safe security risks." Li Zuoche looked at Li Mu worriedly, and at the same time motioned to the guard next to him to drop the other party's gun.

"Stop me." At this time, Li Mu shouted loudly.

"You." Shouting is heard. The officer subconsciously stopped, and then looked at Li Mu. But when he saw that it was his own commander. He saluted in fright.

"Hello sir." The officer stood still.

"Scared the hell out of his gun." Li Mu ordered angrily.

"Yes, sir." As he spoke, the guard next to him quickly stepped forward and snatched the officer's gun.

"What's your name? What is the job title? Li Mu asked.

"Report sir. My name is Li Bing. He was the commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 29th Regiment. Li Bing replied.

"I ask you, do you know what this place is?" At this time, Li Mu asked solemnly.

"Sir, this is the Arsenal." Li Bing replied.

"Good. Knowing that this is an arsenal, why do you dare to walk around with a gun. Do you know what kind of consequences you will trigger if that bullet hits the ammunition? Li Mu asked angrily.

"This. Know. Li Bing also knew what the consequences were, and replied helplessly.

"Good. It's good to know, go back to the Judge Advocate General's Office to receive the punishment. Li Mu ordered.

"Yes. Sir. Li Bing shouted at this time.

Immediately, Li Bing turned around and was about to leave here at this time.

"Wait." At this time, Li Mu stopped Li Bing.

"Sir, is there anything else?" Li Bing no longer has the arrogance he had just now.

"What are you doing here looking for the Arsenal?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"That's right, sir. I also felt very aggrieved. Li Bing heard Li Mu ask this, and reported at once.

"Speak slowly, tell me why you're here." Li Mu said.

"Report sir. I'm here to shoot the factory director, the grenades they produce are of poor quality. Li Bing reported. Hearing this, Zhao De bowed his head in fright.

"Tell me how bad it is?" Li Mu asked.

"Report sir, these grenades, they are terrible, we threw them out, they didn't blow up, they didn't blow up before they were thrown. What's more, a good box of grenades became mines, and we were going to pick up the mines, and they exploded for no reason. For this reason, one of my companies has several brothers who have died, and in order to avenge these brothers, I have come here. Li Bing reported very simply.

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but look at Zhao De, the director of the arsenal next to him. And Li Bing also noticed Zhao De, if it weren't for his own commander here, he would have pounced on the other party and beat him up.

"This is the Zhao Guo grenade we made." Li Mu said coldly.

"I didn't kill the enemy, but I killed my own people." Li Mu said coldly.

"This. Prime Minister, this is also something that cannot be helped. This is the processing level of our Zhao country. Can't surpass the Qin State. Zhao had to make excuses.

"Excuses." Li Mu said fiercely.

"I'll leave this matter to the Ministry of Justice. Let's look elsewhere. At this time, Li Mu said.

"Come here." Li Mu said to Li Bing.

"Come here and tell me about your use of these weapons in the military." Li Mu said to Li Bing. The arsenal has a lot to do with the weapons and equipment of the Zhao State. Li Mu must understand some details. Only in this way can he understand the situation on the front line.

Inside the mine workshop.

"Sir. Actually, I think that the man-made weapons of the Qin State are very easy to use, and they are also very powerful, I heard that the explosives in them are different, and our sappers have disassembled them to see, our explosives are all black powder, and the ones used by people are yellow explosives. It's very powerful. This kind of explosives is particularly easy to use. The grenade is also, made by the Qin State, you can see it at a glance, and the one produced by our Zhao State is particularly rough. You can see it at a glance. Li Bing said to Li Mu.

"Hmm. Are Qin's mines and grenades so good? Li Mu asked.

"Yes, sir. It is very easy to use, the brothers are eager to encounter such a grenade during the test, our grenades, especially when they see the grenades made by Zhao Guo, are reluctant, and some simply throw them out without pulling the fire, saying that they will blow up when they pull the fire, and there is no delay at all. Li Bing said angrily.

Hear here. Li Mu didn't dare to continue asking. Because Li Mu has already gotten the answer he wants.

In Handan City, in Li Mu's Prime Minister's Mansion.

"This is our Zhao State Manufacturing. The poor quality is amazing. Li Muxin said unwillingly. What I saw today hit him too hard. Originally, he thought that the quality of the production of Zhao Guo's arsenal would not be bad again, but he didn't expect that it would be so bad.

"Prime Minister, I think this problem should be solved at present." Li Zuoche proposed.

"Why is there such a big gap between what we made in Zhao and what we made in Qin, I heard that South Korea's Xinzheng and Wei Daliang, they can all imitate something better than Qin." Li Zuoche said about Ao.

"Hmm. We need to find out the specific reasons, but the top priority is to solve and improve the current situation of the Handan Arsenal in Zhao State. In terms of management, I think we still need to learn from the people of Qin. And our management has to keep up. Zhao Guo should organize a group of people to study hard and improve the quality of Zhao Guo. Li Mu said solemnly.

"It's the prime minister." Li Zuoche nodded and said.

In the palace of the prime minister of Xianyang, Qin State.

"What?" At this time, Meng Yi stood up and shouted loudly.

"I think we should sell these four main steel-producing places to the bankers and let them expand steel production." Shang Wen said again.

"No, I can't. Resolutely no, these steel production areas are all handled by the Qin government. If you do this, it is equivalent to giving the factories run by the Qin State to those bankers, and if you do so, it will damage the interests of the Qin State. It is very dangerous for you to do this, and I firmly disagree. Meng Yi immediately objected to Shang Wen's reorganization after hearing about it.

Shang Wen saw Meng Yi's resolute opposition, and it was difficult to continue, but Shang Wen thought that his method was right, and the reorganization, in fact, was to weaken the influence of the government, and then use market methods to expand steel production.

"I know that by doing this, you think that you are losing the interests of the Qin State, but by doing so, you can expand the production of steel for the Qin State." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"The Qin government has lost the ability to produce steel, how much profit can it bring?" Meng Yi asked puzzled.

"I'll explain this chromium to you slowly." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"If the princess doesn't come to me today to solve this chromium problem, then the Qin State will also face this problem in the future." Shang Wen said.

"In the beginning, steel was the main demand, and other civilian commercial steel plants, which seemed to be called steel plants, should actually be called iron factories. Real steel is in the hands of our government, because the first need for steel is to meet military needs. At that time, our military needs were indeed met. Shang Wen said.

"But now, the military demand has decreased a lot, but the civilian demand has increased a lot, and from the current civilian demand, the future demand for steel will greatly increase to an alarming point. Not only the railway, but also the construction industry demand of the Qin State, not only the Qin State, but also the Six Kingdoms, as well as the Western Regions, and other undeveloped areas, all need a large amount of steel, but in terms of the current steel production of the Qin State, it is far from enough, and at this time, the Zhao State also has an iron factory, I believe that it will not be long before with the discovery of iron smelting technology, as well as other iron mines and coal mines, there will be more iron factories. In that case, sooner or later they will enter the steel field, you say, if our Qin State does not progress, will they catch up with it? Shang Wen asked.

"Yes, definitely." Meng Yi nodded and said.

"That's right. Since you know that you will catch up, why don't you want to find a way to solve the problem of steel production, I know, you think that the reorganization of such steel enterprises is not good for the Qin government, I don't think so. Shang Wen said.

"Iron and steel enterprises need a new development, an era of mass production, now the demand for steel is far more than we imagined, but steel production can not be satisfied, our only way is to let more people to produce steel, I understand. We have more steel production technology in our hands, and there are also some alloy steel technology, such technical limitations, limit the development of our steel, we have to reorganize, let them produce more steel, as well as more varieties of alloy steel, only in this way, our Qin State can maintain the leading position in technology, instead of using the blockade method to meet our own needs. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Okay. What you said is very correct, but if we reorganize, we will suffer a lot of loss of interests, so what should we do? Meng Yi asked.

"That's what the government is supposed to do, and the next step for the government is to move on to the construction of some cities, and the government can do that. The rest doesn't matter. Reorganization, in fact, was to give way to those Qin business groups and let them produce. Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. What we need to do now is to change the king's mind. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen. Despite the incomprehension of the Shangwen reshuffle. Shang Wen's explanation was also more vague, because Meng Yi couldn't understand what Shang Wen meant by doing this? But Meng Yi still supported Shang Wen.

"I'll figure it out." Shang Wen said.

"What we need to do now is to increase the production of steel, if the Qin State does not increase the output, I am afraid there will be a great danger." Shang Wen said solemnly. When Meng Yi heard this, he also nodded, he agreed with what Shang Wen said.

Sinzheng, South Korea.

"It's a good plan. If we put a lot of money into this project, it will be very disadvantageous to us. Han Shu nodded and said.

"Yes, the king, the minister also saw this, so he thought it was feasible, but there is one thing we should note, the people of Qin said that they want to invest in a big project, we don't know what kind of project the other party wants to invest in, and it will take up a lot of money, which needs our attention." Zhang Liang said with some concern.

"Hmm." Han Shu nodded.

"Logically speaking, this railway project is big enough. After all, a lot of money is needed, as well as materials. But what I didn't expect was that Qin had a bigger project than this. It's really hard to speculate. Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"What do you think this project is?" At this time, Han Shu asked.

"This, the minister can't guess it, but the minister thinks that it may be something over there in the Western Regions, after all, the attention of the people of the Qin State is there." Zhang Liang said.

"Hmm. In this way, the people of Qin will continue to expand in the Western Regions. Han Shu said.

"This is a very important opportunity for us in South Korea, the Qin people will not be able to notice us as they expand westward, and we should step up our expansion at sea. After all, expansion at sea is very beneficial to us. Han Shu said.

"It's just that the main passage has not been opened at present, not only these, but there is no intention of a truce on the Chu side, we occupy Jimo City, but the main passage has not been opened, the Chu army has no sign of retreat, do we continue to increase troops, or wait for the situation to become clearer." Zhang Liang said.

"Well, the people of Chu don't know how to stop the war, so we will step up our assistance to the people and let them come to power as soon as possible. At the same time, we need to unite with other countries to make a posture of increasing troops. If that doesn't work, we'll open the way. Han Shu said decisively.

"Your Majesty, it would be too impulsive to do this. Our burden will increase a lot, and the war situation will further intensify, and there will be a tendency to get out of control, which is very unfavorable to us. Zhang Liang persuaded him.

"If we wait passively like this, what if the situation suddenly develops against us?" Han Shu said.

"Since the people of Chu don't care, we will force them to make a choice and let them deal with the unexpected situation here." Han Shu said.

Hearing this, Zhang Liang could only nod. He knew that Han Shu was going to quickly solve the problem of the channel, and what kind of impact would it have next, Zhang Liang was a little worried.